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ANGUS, Ont. — Emotions boiled over at a meeting in the tornado-ravaged town of Angus, where frustrated residents packed a gymnasium Thursday to get an update on the progress of the clean-up.

An EF2-class tornado, with winds up to 200 kilometres an hour, tore through the region Tuesday, leaving more than 100 families homeless and many others with homes damaged by up-rooted trees and flying debris.

One man insisted the provincial police were breaking the Ontario Building Code Act by keeping residents from their homes, while another complained that an appointment to assess his home couldn't be scheduled because he worked full-time near Toronto.

A single mother who had five large trees fall across her home and fence broke down sobbing when she explained she was trying to sell her home so she could go look after her ailing mother in B.C.

County and township officials outlined their four-point plan, which began with visits to homes to pick up essential medications and pets and will continue with the removal of debris. The Mennonite disaster clean-up crew has offered its services to help with the reconstruction phase of clean up.

"We will bring in dumpsters and bins, and the only things taken out will be the broken wood, broken windows and shingles," Fire Chief Cynthia Ross Tustin said. "The Mennonites disaster team is well known for their scrupulous nature and we're very glad to have their support."

Meanwhile, nobody has taken the county up on its offer of community housing. Everyone appears to be staying with family or friends and neighbours whose homes were spared, Ross Tustin said Thursday.

In the immediate aftermath of the tornado, the community pulled together to pick up the pieces. A few men showed up with chainsaws within hours. Someone even brought a crane. Then there was the neighbour who was handing out Tim Hortons, handing off cups to those gaping at their broken houses from the sidewalks.

“People just drove up, got out of their cars and pulled their gardening gloves on and started to clean up the debris,” said Claudette, a resident who didn't want her last name used.